Matunick oyster bar, Arcadia pizza

Oberlin, Bywater, Bayberry Garden, Persimmon.

I’ll do it, but I’m one of those “healthcare for all” types so I’m sure some will be mad that I’d hang out with Bernie.

Los Andes

OP said new and near Providence. Just because CG is a chain doesn’t minimize that it’s a great place to eat. If they didn’t want chains, they should’ve specified.

Revival Craft Kitchen in Warren is 20-30 minutes out of the city depending on where you live but it’s absolutely worth it! Great food and drink options.

Would we be able to get a cool new combined acronym out of it at least?

Well, first I personally think he was guilty, just not of felony assault, as the intent wasn’t there. Discharge in a compact area for sure, but the state doesn’t have any charges above assault and below felony assault, so I can see why the state had no choice except to charge ADW.

Do I think you’d have the same outcome had the defendant been some mid 30’s average male? I’m not sure.

My line of thinking was that he as an off duty officer was that he would have been found guilty because he should have know it was stupid. Which he certainly had to have thought.

But they acquitted him, which makes me think they might have found my hypothetical defendant not guilty as well.

But I also think the jury might have, as a group, given Dolan more slack merely due to the recent bullshit the police have had to deal with over the last few years. Almost as if this was an opportunity to make things fair.

But it’s also well within the possibilities that if the defendant was a lay person, the jury would find that they had made a gross mistake, but lacked the intent as well.

You truly never know how the juries will go without having sat on a jury before.

I work for RIDOT. Can confirm. Stupid long-cars.

I would imagine that no one on the jury wants to risk looking over their or their family's shoulders for the rest of their lives. You know cops like to get revenge.

Yes, I think the jury basically decided that the kid's driving was so reckless that they don't care that he got shot. It's more about who the victim was than who the shooter was.

Perro Salado - Newport

I haven't been to Mills Tavern in a few years but I always had good luck there. As for Al Forno I've no particular issue if the group decides they want to go there but
I never suggest it and definitely think it's overrated.

Hemenway's is another place I like if I'm up for seafood and a martini.

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Capital Grill is good, but it’s a chain….I think OP was looking for something more exclusive to RI.

By Water is some of the best food in the state, and my wife and I are snobby bitches at times.

Cav, Al forno, and Oberlin are good. Los Andes is fine. By water is a GEM.

Take a ride to East Greenwich, park the car and walk along Main Street. Pop into what looks interesting, you can't go wrong.

my go to Siena

Le Moulin Rouge in Tiverton. Cozy, quiet, low key. Oh, and abfab food...

I'm just curious, do you think the outcome would/should be the same if the defendant wasn't an off-duty officer?

Love this spot!

I second all the spots in Warren! An underrated food scene, it really surprised me for a such a small town.

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It’s not exactly fine dining, but the Pizza Place in Westerly is incredible, and you can take him for gelato at Pompelmo and then a walk in the park afterward. Definitely worth the drive.

Massimo in Providence